Buyer, Supply Chain​/Logistics

Location: Aston, Birmingham
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
Hours: Monday-Thursday 7:30am-4:30pm Friday 7:30am-1:30pm

Looking for a Buyer role where you can genuinely make an impact?

We're recruiting for a Buyer to join a well-established engineering and manufacturing business producing highly engineered, low-volume products for critical applications. This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive supply chain team where you'll build supplier relationships, solve problems, and play a key role in keeping manufacturing operations running smoothly.

Whether you're already working as a Buyer or have developed purchasing experience within a manufacturing environment, this role offers long-term stability, exposure to complex engineering products, and the opportunity to develop your procurement career within a respected business.

As a Buyer
, you'll be responsible for managing supplier relationships and ensuring the timely delivery of critical components into the manufacturing operation.

Duties will include:

• Managing purchase orders and supplier schedules
• Developing and maintaining strong supplier relationships
• Expediting orders and resolving supply issues
• Monitoring supplier performance and delivery commitments
• Obtaining quotations and supporting sourcing activities
• Working closely with planning, production, quality and engineering teams
• Maintaining accurate information within ERP/MRP systems
• Using Excel to analyse and manage purchasing data
• Supporting continuous improvement across the supply chain function

To be successful in this Buyer role, you'll ideally have:

• Previous experience as a Buyer, Junior Buyer, Purchasing Coordinator, Procurement Coordinator or similar
• Experience with in a manufacturing or engineering environment
• Experience purchasing engineered components, machined parts, assemblies, or manufactured products
• Strong supplier relationship management skills
• Experience using ERP/MRP systems (SAP, EFACS, Epicor, Oracle, Sage or similar)
• Good Excel skills
• Strong communication skills and a professional approach
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills

• CIPS qualification or working towards CIPS
• Degree within Supply Chain, Procurement, Business or Engineering
• Aerospace, Automotive, Defence, Electronics or Precision Engineering experience

• Join an established and supportive procurement team
• Work with technically complex engineered products
• Stable business with long-term growth plans
• Modern manufacturing environment
• Early finish every Friday
• Opportunity to develop your procurement career
• Competitive salary of up to £40,000

This position would suit a Buyer
, Junior Buyer
, Purchasing Coordinator
, Procurement Coordinator
, or Supply Chain professional looking to develop within a fast-paced engineering and manufacturing environment.